Automobile rug



Au 7, 1923. a a-@612 W. CUSHMAN AUTOMOBILE RUG Filed Oct. 20 1921 proceeds, im'

changes in iaiie precise em ine; cmwem meifjiiiieri Sm les, residing at the ceuiil'iy of fiemiueiiy emol i'" I, ,i-e oi; L Aut-omollle Plug of which toe follow- W e iipfifiifiilllilfilli I line lil'ilii/LOH ieloles to iug for use on the riser en euizomoleile one of its olo eces leing 5o provide e means whereby e such as usually i loweuilmougri eeeli slot in the floor of 'lhe machine 'cen'be pre vented. without, lioivei ey,"interfering with be proper actuation of" the leveie Another object is *bofirovide e rug which will pi'eveni, from sifting through the floor of the car.

A fuiiher objeci is to provide a rug; suitably reenfof l where subjected to the action of the lovers, such reenforcemeni; increasing the eilicienoy of the rug as e, closure for the lever slots.

Wi bh the foregoing and other objects in V ew which Will'moee': es the description 1 resides in the comoimtion end errei :emem of parts and in iahe deeeils of conetmefion hereinafter cleeoiilsecl chime/ii being understood time, within the scope OJ. is claimed, o'i'ineni. of the invention shown can lie 11' Wiiil'lOl'Lii (leperiinz? if'rom the spirit of the invention.

In (no accompanying drawings the pro ferried form of the invention has been shown.

In said diewings-- Figure 1 is a plan View of the rug in position on.

die iiooi' of a vehicle and showing' the veiious coi ii'ol levers exteniing theretlirou glii Figure 2 is an enlarged ver biczil section slifirougli portion of the rug and showing e ievei' therein.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3 8, Figure lieeferiing in the figures by characters of ifezserence 1 desimmisee e rug shaped. lo iii; properly on the 13001 of emote? vehicle and mounted. on the upper surface of the rug in the vicinity of the control levers ie a top tree-nforcing layer 2 of leather strong rub bei'izecl febrie, or the like whim is festenefi on the rug; suitably located rows of stitches ouch shown at Extending emuge the mg o Well es the yeeniiorcing at 1., BELBERT "W. 'G o'ereimmi r;

have invented e new use.v

.in the path of the leven 'abhe rein'io' thickness 2 e ite i: which ere 1""Ciei3Qill iclmeliy of me eioise 5 ebove ion through which iilie verioue COPTCiiQYGTS 6 me extended. Parnell opeiiii'ige 2' be pro videcl e: the ends each slit emi H e re enforcing thickness 2 can be esteemed to rug by rows of stitches indicated iii; 8 which bv the fie 3S extending? lon iliucliimll' there l U h .l

of and which are formed. By the material of the rug and the thickness 2 between the openings 7 and along the sides the eliis. When ii lover is moved from one position to another will @Xli) e Wedgie-g action with in filie slit so that the bowed llpillii'ibd P01- tions of the Walls of the slit will follow the lever while those portionsof the WEillS previously held apere by il'ie lever will close to gciiiei".

l'vhat is claimed",

As an article of muiurfecimre a complete rug for covering the floor 01" 1. motor vehicle, this rug having a reinforcing layer secured to the uppce" euii'uce l liei'eofi there being a plurality of slits extending: thiougl'i the rug and the rcinlimting' layer the eon, said elite terminating in opeuiu-ge pioi (ling normally contacting flaps formed by those portions of the rug ettlie sides ol cecli slit, said flaps being flexible to brlflf fi e movabie lever extending; through the eli layer constiiuting means for siifie flaps and maintaining them noi'inei; closed or contacting positions.

In testimony that Y" h eieim t'mc foregoing as my own, have hereto e 51 my s1gnehire in the presence of (We witnesses,

DELEEEIF U i fitn'eeses 

